Ice machine

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of an ice machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ice machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the ice machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the ice machine of FIG. 1 that is opposite the side view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the ice machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the ice machine of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a top side perspective view of the ice machine of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrating environmental structure form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

It is claimed the ornamental design for the ice machine, as shown and described.

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  • Australian Design Examination Report dated Nov. 21, 2011 for corresponding Australian Design Application No. 338258.
  • The “Indigo series Ice Cube Machine” published on http://manitowocice.com/?xhtml=xhtml/mii/us/en/general/product.html&productdata=xhtml/mii/us/en/product/i850.html&xsl=productdata.xsl&category=0145 internet site on Jun. 12, 2011. Evidence of this publication date was obtained from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, which can be found online at http://www.archive.org.
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Patent History
Patent number: D673185
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 10, 2011
Date of Patent: Dec 25, 2012
Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC (Manitowoc, WI)
Inventors: Marty J. LaFond (Algoma, WI), William E. Olson, Jr. (Bellevue, WI), John T. Sara, III (Cedarburg, WI)
Primary Examiner: Mitchell Siegel
Attorney: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP
Application Number: 29/385,255
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Ice Maker (D15/80)